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they didn't support lilly ledbetter. and he hasn't taken a position on the pending legislate for paycheck fairness. i think that the american people, women across the country, and i think that women at the debate understands it was a real difference in terms of the two candidates, the real choice in this election between who is committed to closing that gap and who is not. so i -- we're pleased with the results. i am sorry that she feels that way. i hope we can make it up. >> stephanie cutter. it's the first time you've played with bruce. pretty cool. >> yes. >> stephanie cutter and the e street band. thanks for joining us from ohio. >>> what do women want? hear from the romney campaign, their proposals. >>> time for the "your business" entrepreneur of the week. former model and analyst created a fashion marketplace that helps local boutiques that don't have their own e-commerce sites sell on line. she knows content sells and launched a companion online magazine as an ultimate source for what's in. watch "your business"
they didn't support lilly ledbetter. and he hasn't taken a position on the pending legislate for paycheck fairness. i think that the american people, women across the country, and i think that women at the debate understands it was a real difference in terms of the two candidates, the real choice in this election between who is committed to closing that gap and who is not. so i -- we're pleased with the results. i am sorry that she feels that way. i hope we can make it up. >> stephanie...
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is leaning on that. >> the governor would not repeal the lilly ledbetter act. he was opposed to it at time. the next day, he said i was wrong when i said last night governor opposed the lilly ledbetter act. he never weighed in on it. as president he would not seek to repeal it. the more things change, the more they stay the change. talking 20/20, not the race but vision. is president obama laying out a convincing blueprint for a second term? what he needs to present for the future just ahead. ♪ [ male announcer ] finally, mom's oven-baked tastes straight from the microwave. like oven-roasted chicken in a creamy alfredo sauce. marie callender's new comfort bakes. it's time to savor. marie callender's new comfort bakes. you're not just looking for a by house. eyes you're looking for a place for your life to happen. constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips' caplets don't. they have magnesium. for effective relief of occasional constipation. thanks. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. springsteen are camp
is leaning on that. >> the governor would not repeal the lilly ledbetter act. he was opposed to it at time. the next day, he said i was wrong when i said last night governor opposed the lilly ledbetter act. he never weighed in on it. as president he would not seek to repeal it. the more things change, the more they stay the change. talking 20/20, not the race but vision. is president obama laying out a convincing blueprint for a second term? what he needs to present for the future just...
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governor romney says he's for equal bay but not the lily ledbetter aact. does that make sense to you? what are the risks to say you would support something -- you're married and you care about your wife getting a fair shake at work. what is the problem with governor romney just coming out and saying that this act is beneficial for the important part of our population, half of our population? >> what you deal with in a poll-driven candidate. this is a focus group-driven candidate. he has been both times he ran for president. when you talk about mitt romney, you have to look at history, tamron. in 1994 he ran for the u.s. senate to the left of ted kenne kennedy. in 2002 he ran for governor make the trains run on time. i'm not pro-life or pro-choice, i don't expect either label. in 2008 he brought a bunch of leather recliners and tried to smooz them on the cover of national review to put the reagan coalition back toke. in 2012 he runs as the next republican establishment heir apparent. he's run for office four times and run as a different candidate each time
governor romney says he's for equal bay but not the lily ledbetter aact. does that make sense to you? what are the risks to say you would support something -- you're married and you care about your wife getting a fair shake at work. what is the problem with governor romney just coming out and saying that this act is beneficial for the important part of our population, half of our population? >> what you deal with in a poll-driven candidate. this is a focus group-driven candidate. he has...
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when asked about the lilly ledbetter could only offer up a binder full of women that were apparently handed to him because his administration failed do a good job of recruiting effectively in the state. it's bizarre and sad for somebody who had been in business for 25 years in the state of ms chaets. massachusetts. >> what an admission. >> i want to bring in, speaking of women, i want to bring in the tireless and talented casey hunt on the road with romney and casey, you always have a very judicious and inciteful take on how romney land is dealing with this stuff. paul ryan trying to do some damage control. romney surrogates doing damage control. this is paul ryan on the "today" show talking about the tax question. let's take a listen. >> you don't go to congress and say here's all of our details, take it or leave it. you say this is my framework. >> where's the leadership. you're number's guy. >> right. and here's what i know, mat, if you say to congress take it or leave it my plan my way orts highway you don't get things done. >> casey, the numbers thing as mark leibovich points ou
when asked about the lilly ledbetter could only offer up a binder full of women that were apparently handed to him because his administration failed do a good job of recruiting effectively in the state. it's bizarre and sad for somebody who had been in business for 25 years in the state of ms chaets. massachusetts. >> what an admission. >> i want to bring in, speaking of women, i want to bring in the tireless and talented casey hunt on the road with romney and casey, you always have...
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equal pay, still uncertainty how he feels about lilly ledbetter and where he blames single women for gunfire. mitt romney's on the wrong side of public opinion. >> now, terry, the apportion issues certainly is a hot one and the romney campaign is out with a new ad, trying to pivot to the middle. watch this. >> turns out romney doesn't oppose contraception at all. in fact, he thinks abortion should be an option in cases of rape, incest, or to save a woman's life. the issue is more concerned but i'm more concerned about the debt that our children will be left with. >> now, but the obama campaign is not going to let them get away with it. they came back with this ad. >> seeing this from mitt romney? then take a look at this. >> if roe v. wade was overturned and congress passed a federal ban and it came to your desk, would you sign it? ban all abortions only if you vote for him. >> terry, quite an interesting couple of ads, wouldn't you think? >> it's absolutely important for women to understand. i'm glad that the obama administration came out with that ad. it's also true that mitt romne
equal pay, still uncertainty how he feels about lilly ledbetter and where he blames single women for gunfire. mitt romney's on the wrong side of public opinion. >> now, terry, the apportion issues certainly is a hot one and the romney campaign is out with a new ad, trying to pivot to the middle. watch this. >> turns out romney doesn't oppose contraception at all. in fact, he thinks abortion should be an option in cases of rape, incest, or to save a woman's life. the issue is more...
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and then his spokesperson said he wouldn't have signed lilly ledbetter -- i think -- >> lily tomlin's character trained -- >> stephanie: thank you. right. okay. >> see what i'm saying. >> stephanie: you and your binders, mitt. [ laughter ] ♪ ♪ binder from the right ♪ ♪ brought up by a douche another blunder for the night ♪ ♪ and crowley getting colder she stripped the [ inaudible ] light down ♪ ♪ because they were binders from the right ♪ ♪ brought up by a douche ♪ ♪ binders on the right ♪ ♪ brought up by a douche ♪ >> wow. >> that took some production rocky mountain mike. [ applause ] >> it wasn't in stereo anyway. >> stephanie: jerome in new jersey. >> caller: good morning, i'm jerome, and i need for you to guys to listen and be a little parent with me today. the bottom line is that if barack obama looses this election, it's not because he let us down. it's because we're going to let him down. >> stephanie: that's right. >> i need for people to understand the type of businessman romney is. i'm the primary caretaker of my grandmother for ten years. she d
and then his spokesperson said he wouldn't have signed lilly ledbetter -- i think -- >> lily tomlin's character trained -- >> stephanie: thank you. right. okay. >> see what i'm saying. >> stephanie: you and your binders, mitt. [ laughter ] ♪ ♪ binder from the right ♪ ♪ brought up by a douche another blunder for the night ♪ ♪ and crowley getting colder she stripped the [ inaudible ] light down ♪ ♪ because they were binders from the right ♪ ♪ brought up...
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between president obama who has stood with women the affordable care act whether it was lilly lilly ledbetter and a guy in mitt romney who believes women should be in binders and as though he doesn't even know some of the women he could bring to his cabinet. so i don't believe at the end of the day that gender gap that you're seeing a little bit of now is going to present itself in the voting booth. i believe that women are going to vote for barack obama because they understand what's at stake. and they understand that their reproductive rights and the right to an abortion in this country is at stake. if mitt romney is elected. he's not telling the truth and he can't be trusted. >> eliot: okay. nancy, you made a very persuasive argument. every piece of which i wholeheartedly agree with but you didn't confront the problem which i'm trying to get my arms around which has at this moment -- you said at the end of the day the gender gap will ere-emerge. it would seem to be a series of polls that do show some substantial swing. the 18-point margin that the president had a couple of weeks ago, a mon
between president obama who has stood with women the affordable care act whether it was lilly lilly ledbetter and a guy in mitt romney who believes women should be in binders and as though he doesn't even know some of the women he could bring to his cabinet. so i don't believe at the end of the day that gender gap that you're seeing a little bit of now is going to present itself in the voting booth. i believe that women are going to vote for barack obama because they understand what's at stake....
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it has to do with all of his policies from lilly ledbetter to everything else. women have to make a decision about whether they'll be for romney or not. i think that's where it's being fought right now. >> i think it's strange we still talk in such broad strokes about women. imagine talking about what men voters want. women are more than one little set of social issues. women have huge concerns just like everybody else has them. >> and we were out in l.a. the past couple days, and everywhere we went, people in the business, all they talked about -- and i understand, abortion is a critical issue for those who are pro-life, for those who are pro-choice, i understand that. but you go around l.a., everybody, you go around manhattan, and they talk abortion, abortion, abortion. how could any woman vote for -- and these are people that aren't necessarily on the front lines of abortion. it's just this issue that they blow up so much. that you just sit there going, are you crazy? >> but it's not just abortion, joe. women are more liberal than men on a whole series of iss
it has to do with all of his policies from lilly ledbetter to everything else. women have to make a decision about whether they'll be for romney or not. i think that's where it's being fought right now. >> i think it's strange we still talk in such broad strokes about women. imagine talking about what men voters want. women are more than one little set of social issues. women have huge concerns just like everybody else has them. >> and we were out in l.a. the past couple days, and...
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it's the lily ledbetter fair act pay. he never answered that question. here's how obama reacted to it. >> when governor romney's campaign was asked about the lily ledbetter bill, whether he's for it, he said i'll get back to you. and that's not the kind of advocacy that women need in any economy. >> so the big question here is, would mitt romney sign a bill that guarantees equal pay to women. he never answered that question. >> well, and the point,what you want to do is have equal opportunity so that women can even earn more. women are now more than 50% of the workforce. women are many times the breadwinner of their family, and what you want to do is to make certain that when it comes to access to capital, small business women, when it comes to wage stagnation, that you remove that, and that women can perform on their own and on their strengths and be compensated in an appropriate way. you're not going to address that situation through legislation. what you're going to do is to address that situation through re-education and through opportunity and openi
it's the lily ledbetter fair act pay. he never answered that question. here's how obama reacted to it. >> when governor romney's campaign was asked about the lily ledbetter bill, whether he's for it, he said i'll get back to you. and that's not the kind of advocacy that women need in any economy. >> so the big question here is, would mitt romney sign a bill that guarantees equal pay to women. he never answered that question. >> well, and the point,what you want to do is have...
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. >> would you sign the lilly ledbetter equal pay law? no answer. he can't even say whether he would sign a law which is already on the books. >> romney's campaign isn't helping matters, either. on tuesday, romney's senior adviser ed gillespie told "the huffington post" romney would have opposed the bill. on wednesday, gillespie corrected that statement saying romney has never held a position on the bill. hmm. today a romney aide told cbs news romney would have opposed the bill. short time later a romney aide told "the huffington post" that romney has never held a position on the bill. ed addressed this issue on the record yesterday. el gillespie, that explains our position. confused? you're not the only one. >> i don't know why this is so complicated. governor romney still won't say whether or not he supported a law to protect that right. no matter how many times he's asked. this is not -- this is not that hard. >> let's turn to nancy cohen "playboy" magazine corrector and author of "delirium." nancy, good to have you on "the ed show" tonight. appr
. >> would you sign the lilly ledbetter equal pay law? no answer. he can't even say whether he would sign a law which is already on the books. >> romney's campaign isn't helping matters, either. on tuesday, romney's senior adviser ed gillespie told "the huffington post" romney would have opposed the bill. on wednesday, gillespie corrected that statement saying romney has never held a position on the bill. hmm. today a romney aide told cbs news romney would have opposed the...
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. >> stephanie: he got in lilly ledbetter. romney said he would get back to you on that. i hit pretty much all of the points. playing the hits, ladies and gentlemen. not in a binder, in a newsroom, jacki schechner. >> good morning, everybody. let's go back and take a look at some of this women stuff. as we were talking about last hour whatever alleged inroads mitt romney made with women voters is going to have a little bit of trouble starting today. in case you missed it, a woman named katherine fenton asked the candidate in what new ways she would rectify inequalities to the workplace. mitt romney told an anecdote that was well -- take a listen. >> romney: we took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet. i went to a number of women's groups and said can you help us find folks. they brought us binders full of women. >> binders full of women trending on twitter. there is a new account romney's underscore binder that has 14,000 followers this morning. some funny stuff in there including the sug
. >> stephanie: he got in lilly ledbetter. romney said he would get back to you on that. i hit pretty much all of the points. playing the hits, ladies and gentlemen. not in a binder, in a newsroom, jacki schechner. >> good morning, everybody. let's go back and take a look at some of this women stuff. as we were talking about last hour whatever alleged inroads mitt romney made with women voters is going to have a little bit of trouble starting today. in case you missed it, a woman...
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wade, opposition to the lily ledbetter fair pay act. it's not surprising that the gap is 18%. i mean, if you're a woman and you like those kinds of policies, good luck. >> this goes way beyond out of touch. this is like from three centuries ago kind of policies, and that is the sense, that they're in such an extreme place on issues like the funding of planned parenthood, on issues even of contraception that women are going why are you even talking about this? why is this even up for debate in this day and age? this does not appeal to us. >> can i ask you both for your reactions to that interaction that we showed earlier between mr. brown and miss elizabeth warren? >> na is sort of textbook how not to run against a female candidate. remember when rick lazio when he ran against hillary clinton and the way he was aggressive and sort of came off like a jerk. the difficulty in debating a woman, it came up debating sarah palin, is that there's a way you handle debating a woman on television so you don't want to look like the heavy and you definitely don't want to look like you're co
wade, opposition to the lily ledbetter fair pay act. it's not surprising that the gap is 18%. i mean, if you're a woman and you like those kinds of policies, good luck. >> this goes way beyond out of touch. this is like from three centuries ago kind of policies, and that is the sense, that they're in such an extreme place on issues like the funding of planned parenthood, on issues even of contraception that women are going why are you even talking about this? why is this even up for...
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i have met lilly ledbetter she's an amazing woman. she -- the first bill that president obama signed when he got into office was the lilly ledbetter fair pay act. to ensure equal pay for equal work for women in america. my mom was someone who was -- i remember my mom telling me a great story about going to get a job in the early '80s and a guy was hired literally right next to her. she was being hired as a bank teller. they paid the male bank teller 75 cents more per hour, something like that and my mom said i don't understand. we're doing the same job. i would like his pay. her boss said i'm sorry honey. i'm adding my own honey in there. i'm sorry honey but he has a family to support. and that decision followed my mom her entire life and it follows women their entire lives. less money in their pensions, less money in their 401(k)s it means less, less, less. so when your husband dies before you do which happens to a lot of ladies, you're left with less, you know. if he runs off and marries a 25-year-old, you're left with less. this is
i have met lilly ledbetter she's an amazing woman. she -- the first bill that president obama signed when he got into office was the lilly ledbetter fair pay act. to ensure equal pay for equal work for women in america. my mom was someone who was -- i remember my mom telling me a great story about going to get a job in the early '80s and a guy was hired literally right next to her. she was being hired as a bank teller. they paid the male bank teller 75 cents more per hour, something like that...
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allowed to define himself as a moderate, obama didn't bring up reproductive right or fair pay or lily ledbetter or the supreme court. when people hear that mitt romney was like todd akin, mitt romney would take away your birth control like rick santorum. they didn't stee that guy. you have white women deserting the president for obama temporarily. we have one poll shows he's ahead with women, tied with women, and that was an 18 point loss, and we have another poll that says the gap narrowed to six pointses. >> if this number is accurate it is because mitt romney is presenting himself as more of a moderate, which is completely on the opposite side of the planet that you want him on as a conservative. this political article says many romney officials wonder whether the change can be sustained. in essence, romney is trying to undergo a political mem for physician so shed an image and to appear loose and willing to compromise. i bet you just fainted as a conserve it active. you think that's part of the problem, steve. >> i think this whole thing that he moved to the middle is laughable. i mean, i'm
allowed to define himself as a moderate, obama didn't bring up reproductive right or fair pay or lily ledbetter or the supreme court. when people hear that mitt romney was like todd akin, mitt romney would take away your birth control like rick santorum. they didn't stee that guy. you have white women deserting the president for obama temporarily. we have one poll shows he's ahead with women, tied with women, and that was an 18 point loss, and we have another poll that says the gap narrowed to...
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romney won't take a position on fair pay for women or how he would vote, would have voted on the lilly ledbetter issue and on subject of choice, all of sudden we hear at "the des moines register" it is not one of his main campaign issues we heard for 18 months he will appoint supreme court justices that will support overturning roe v. wade. independent women in particular will look at all these issues and in the end break for president obama. jon: well, senator d'amato, if pocketbook issues are front and center right now, you're looking at $6 a gallon gas in california. >> it is the economy, the economy, the economy. and that comes down to what does it cost to run a home? is it getting more difficult? can i pay my mortgage? do i have a job? and or am i underemployed or have i given up looking for jobs? this, economy, is in trouble. and we've had four years. and you know the thing that being shows me is that for two years president obama controlled, his party overwhelmingly, both houses. owe talks about the tax reform he wanted. why didn't he do it when he could have done it? there are very few p
romney won't take a position on fair pay for women or how he would vote, would have voted on the lilly ledbetter issue and on subject of choice, all of sudden we hear at "the des moines register" it is not one of his main campaign issues we heard for 18 months he will appoint supreme court justices that will support overturning roe v. wade. independent women in particular will look at all these issues and in the end break for president obama. jon: well, senator d'amato, if pocketbook...
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he's refused to say before he's for the lily ledbetter act. look at what they're doing blocking acts in congress. >> bill: ed gillespie his chief policy advisor said at the at the time that mitt romney said he would never have seemed it, would repeal it. he's on the record on that. he also now is saying well, i'm not as bad on abortion as you think. right? i'm -- he, romney says he would like to see roe v. wade overturned but that would just put it back to the states that would not be so bad. what would be the impact of that? >> caller: women would lose access to abortion, and i think this, you could even question birth control. let's face it. he is for, he's a right to lifer. he could lose roe v. wade, you lose the right to privacy. you lose the right to privacy they've shown their hand. romney has said he's for life at moment of conception. that eliminates some form of birth control pills. basically these folks are not only threatens actions to abortion but access to birth control. he is being very deceptive. when he says that he's now for a
he's refused to say before he's for the lily ledbetter act. look at what they're doing blocking acts in congress. >> bill: ed gillespie his chief policy advisor said at the at the time that mitt romney said he would never have seemed it, would repeal it. he's on the record on that. he also now is saying well, i'm not as bad on abortion as you think. right? i'm -- he, romney says he would like to see roe v. wade overturned but that would just put it back to the states that would not be so...
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you know, trying to apply that to various issues like the lily ledbetter pay equity act that affects women an abortion. no surprise when ann romney was out on "the view" earlier this morning and widely considered perhaps the campaign's best surrogate out on the campaign trail, no surprise she was asked about this issue. >> mitt is a pro-life person and governed when he ran as a pro-choice but -- >> explain that to me. >> when the decision came across the desk to use embryos for experimentation -- >> that's stem cell. >> he could not have the -- on his conscious creating human life for experimentation and came out with an editorial saying he was pro-life. we have to all understand this is an issue that's so tender and people on both sides of the issue that have -- that come with very good conscience come with a different opinion and the most important thing for us to do is have respect for each over in this dialogue and talking about two separate lives. >> reporter: so sort of a heartfelt explanation of ann romney as to why mitt romney opposes boergs rights for women and in that inter
you know, trying to apply that to various issues like the lily ledbetter pay equity act that affects women an abortion. no surprise when ann romney was out on "the view" earlier this morning and widely considered perhaps the campaign's best surrogate out on the campaign trail, no surprise she was asked about this issue. >> mitt is a pro-life person and governed when he ran as a pro-choice but -- >> explain that to me. >> when the decision came across the desk to use...
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and an older male voter got up and asked him why he would oppose the lilly ledbetter act which promoted fair pay for women. todd akin's response is something that i think rand paul could have done more artfully but essentially, it's pretty much the most friendly endorsement of legal discrimination you will ever hear. let's listen. >> i believe in free enterprise. i think it is about freedom. if somebody wants to hire somebody and they agree on a salary. that's fine. however it wants to work. so the government sticking its nose in is a huge problem. >> john: the government sticking its nose into all kinds of things. the civil rights act of 1964? if you're a libertarian might sound reasonable. if you apply for a job and the employer and employee agree on a salary, who's the government to get in there? some people in this country have decided discrimination is bad. that was todd akin coming out in favor of discrimination in the workplace not just against women. against anybody. so what's to stop a business from not hiring people of a race or religion or sexual orientation they don't like?
and an older male voter got up and asked him why he would oppose the lilly ledbetter act which promoted fair pay for women. todd akin's response is something that i think rand paul could have done more artfully but essentially, it's pretty much the most friendly endorsement of legal discrimination you will ever hear. let's listen. >> i believe in free enterprise. i think it is about freedom. if somebody wants to hire somebody and they agree on a salary. that's fine. however it wants to...
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. >> he still has not said whether or not he would support lilly ledbetter. >> stephanie: right. it makes no sense. he would have vottos that he would have voted for it oh he's going to repeal it now. it makes no sense. and he goes on to talk about letting a woman go home to cook dinner. >> yeah, i know. it really is 1952. you watched him last night, and he looks like the guy from the monopoly game. i mean it's really -- we're taking this country so far back it's just scary. >> stephanie: just in some of his phrasing did you catch when he said if we're going to have more women in the workplace -- like is this a new idea for him? >> yeah. and did you see poor ann romney she was on "the view" yesterday, and i felt so bad for her in a way, because she can't square the fact that he was pro choice and now he is pro life and what was she before and she said i'm not running for office and then she did, and she said when he was governor of massachusetts, he was governing in a liberal state -- basically they are so discombobulated over there they don't know what they stand for. >> stephan
. >> he still has not said whether or not he would support lilly ledbetter. >> stephanie: right. it makes no sense. he would have vottos that he would have voted for it oh he's going to repeal it now. it makes no sense. and he goes on to talk about letting a woman go home to cook dinner. >> yeah, i know. it really is 1952. you watched him last night, and he looks like the guy from the monopoly game. i mean it's really -- we're taking this country so far back it's just scary....
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ladies and gentlemen, congressman ryan voted against the lee ledbetter act. all it did was -- it sounds ridiculous, but it only gives a woman the cause of action if she finds she was she did in her employment. -- when she was cheated in her employment. we're pushing hard for a fair pay act. i happen to think my daughter should get paid exactly but any man is being paid at a job she is doing. we have proposed equal pay legislation. they are against it. they want to turn back to the insurance companies, the decision on whether a woman continues having to pay 50% more for the san health care, where once again pregnancy will be able to be a pre-existing condition. ladies and gentlemen, they are holding hostage when of the proudest accomplishments of my career, the violence against women act. they're debating whether or not we need this after 20 years. folks, if i leave you with no other message today, want you to remember this one -- obama and biden are absolutely, positively, firmly committed to ensuring that our daughters and my granddaughter's at the exact sam
ladies and gentlemen, congressman ryan voted against the lee ledbetter act. all it did was -- it sounds ridiculous, but it only gives a woman the cause of action if she finds she was she did in her employment. -- when she was cheated in her employment. we're pushing hard for a fair pay act. i happen to think my daughter should get paid exactly but any man is being paid at a job she is doing. we have proposed equal pay legislation. they are against it. they want to turn back to the insurance...